Chapter 2
Across
- 3. the top layer of soil
- 4. how we'll soil supports growth
- 5. dark organic material in soil
- 8. the movement of weathered rock
- 9. change of set contour lines
- 10. the way earth has changed over time
- 12. lines on a topographic map
- 13. planting different crops each year to increase fertility rate of the soil
- 15. fertile soil
- 16. the process of rock removal with chemicals
- 18. In the Great Plains in 1930's the _______caused soil soil
- 19. where crops are left to hold soil in place
- 22. layer of dead organic material
- 23. I dug in the ____ to find worms.
- 24. the layers of different soil
- 26. process that breaks down rock
- 27. the heavier contour lines
- 28. thawing and freezing of water I between two rocks
- 29. the solid layer of rock under earths surface
Down
- 1. Worms are a type of _____.
- 2. a change when substances rusts
- 3. map that uses line to show elevations
- 6. plowing on the curves to prevent soil loss
- 7. physical weathering
- 11. mostly clay soil that is under the topsoil
- 14. tiny holes where water is able to seep through
- 17. preserving soil
- 20. anything in nature that humans use
- 21. when rock particles change the shape of a rock over time
- 25. thick mass of roots and soil